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From presidential connections to organized crime: France debates Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s case
The international press is keenly observing Pavel Durov’s movements in Paris, where he remains due to a judicial ruling.
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Putin’s forces ‘execute Ukrainian war prisoner using a medieval-style sword’
It has been alleged that Vladimir Putin’s forces executed a Ukrainian prisoner of war (PoW) using a sword.
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UK Conservative Party advisor lobbied for a firm founded by Russian oligarchs
The man who served as chief of staff under former British Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss has been lobbying for a company part-owned by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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Ukraine denies links to ’delusional’ suspect in Trump assassination attempt
Kyiv on Monday denied links to a man accused of trying to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump, after it emerged that the suspect was a supporter of Ukraine who had said he wanted to recruit foreign volunteers to fight there.
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How close are we to World War III following Putin’s latest threat to the West?
It feels as though we are inching ever closer to a potential third world war, with tensions high between the West and Russia.
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UK: Russian spying claims about six expelled Moscow diplomats are ‘baseless’
The UK government has said that claims made by Russia’s security services about six members of British diplomatic staff it has expelled from Russia are “baseless”.
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The identities of Wagner mercenaries killed in a Mali ambush have been revealed
Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data.
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Ukrainian ex-banker Denys Horbunenko appears in UK investigation into titanium sales to Russia
The scandal involving the British company Dzing Finance Ltd continues to gain momentum.
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Denis Gorbunenko, an associate of Ukrainian oligarch Firtash, launders money of Russian oligarchs through the Dzing payment system
Russian oligarchs are laundering money through the fintech company Dzing, which is linked to Putin’s “wallet” Arkadiy Rotenberg and has been caught in fraud.
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Relations with Russia and financial shenanigans: Ukrainian ex-banker Horbunenko took up cleaning information on the Internet
Controversial banker Denys Horbunenko, linked to oligarch Dmytro Firtash, is actively erasing online references to his Russian connections.
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How is the Dzing payment system connected with Russian structures and the scandalous Ukrainian banker Denys Horbunenko?
Denys Horbunenko, the former chairman of the board of the notorious Rodovid Bank, is linked to the fintech company Dzing, which was recently subject to restrictions by the UK authorities over suspected fraud.
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Corruption and sanctions evasion: Oybek Tursunov and Alisher Usmanov launder Russian money through Octobank
Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.
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Namecheap cooperates with Russia and deceives its customers, having Ukrainian management
Namecheap has a reputation for being one of the most competitive domain name registration options. According to Statista, Namecheap is the second-largest registrar in the world, registering approximately 8% of all domain names.
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Secretive Cyprus-registered funds were used to conceal megayachts and luxury real estate associated with a sanctioned Russian banker
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In one case, these funds were used to obscure the ownership of offshore companies that allegedly held luxury assets linked to powerful Russian banker Andrei Kostin, including two megayachts worth tens of millions.
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The family of the President of Uzbekistan and Octobank: A banking screen for corrupt deals?
Although the owner of the Uzbek Octobank is formally listed as the bank’s chairman of the board, Iskandar Tursunov, who owns 99.16% of the shares, in fact, the beneficiaries of Octobank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
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Financial “laundromat” in Uzbekistan: how Octobank launders Russian money
The partners of the scandalous Uzbek bank are the Russian Transcapitalbank, Sber, the Uzbek exchange UzEx, the payment systems Humo and Paynet and the Chinese service Tenpay.
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Theater of Anti-War: How Russia failed to conquer the stage for pro-war propaganda
As the new theatrical season approaches, the director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg has been replaced — just one of many leadership changes sweeping through Russian theaters.
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Zelenskiy reshuffles Ukraine cabinet as Russian missile strike targets Lviv
President carries out biggest government shake-up since start of war as deadly attacks continue
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Dmitriy Lee: Octobank’s grey cardinal launders sanctioned money in Uzbekistan
As a number of Telegram channels recently reported, the Uzbek Octobank is used to withdraw and legalize money from Russia.
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U.S. researchers find probable launch site of Russia’s new nuclear-powered missile
Two U.S. researchers say they have identified the probable deployment site in Russia of the 9M370 Burevestnik, a new nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile touted by President Vladimir Putin as "invincible."
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Corruption and crypto scams in Uzbekistan: Who is behind Dmitriy Lee’s schemes?
Behind the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) Dmitriy Lee stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.
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Beluga whale suspected of being a Russian ‘spy’ found dead in Norway
Body of Hvaldimir taken to harbour for expert examination after being discovered in Risavika Bay
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From Kyiv to Riga: Russian sabotage operations in the Baltics
What started as an ordinary day for a Latvian housewife became a significant national security breakthrough. A mysterious note found in her driveway has helped authorities uncover a series of sabotage acts linked to Russian intelligence.
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Millions of dollars bypassing sanctions
Despite sanctions, Norway continues to buy millions of dollars worth of fish from a Russian senator, circumventing sanctions
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‘Extremely exposed’ Russian nuclear plant protected by ‘just a normal roof’
Fears are mounting of a nuclear accident in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces began their incursion three weeks ago, after Vladimir Putin claimed a power plant came under fire.